It contains the Mass propers for the entire liturgical year, the ritual and votive Masses, Proper of Saints, and the complete Kyriale with all the chants for the Mass.
Designed for use by choirs, individuals and assemblies, the Graduale Romanum is an excellent resource for introducing your parish to the church''s rich and ancient tradition of Latin chant in the liturgy.
It contains the Mass propers for the entire liturgical year, the ritual and votive Masses, Proper of Saints, and the complete Kyriale with all the chants for the Mass. Besides its practical applications, this carefully edited book also endeavors to preserve and enrich the Gregorian repertory, since it puts back into circulation certain authentic pieces that were not used for centuries while setting aside many inauthentic neo-Gregorian compositions of the 19th and early 20th centuries. All texts are in Latin and all music is set in Gregorian notation.
Beautifully bound and printed on high-quality, ivory paper, the book includes two ribbon bookmarks, an introduction in Latin and an extensive indices. Published by the monks of the Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes in France, an active Benedictine monastery founded in 1010.
ISBN 2-85274-094-X [918 pp, 5 1/2 x 8 3/8, hardbound]